February Frenzy has turned into March Madness here at Balladeer’s Blog and tournament action is in high gear. The Montana State-Northern Lights (logo at left) are the 1 seed in the Frontier Conference and advanced to the league’s title game with a win over the Great Falls Argonauts yesterday. Meanwhile the ACCA National Tournament continued.
To recap yesterday’s action:
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS – (4) Life Running Eagles over the (5) Morris College Hornets 99-77 *** (3) Voorhees College Tigers over the (6) Allen Yellow Jackets 81-58
FRONTIER CONFERENCE – (1) MSUN Lights over the (5) Great Falls Argonauts 81-56 *** (2) Montana Western Bulldogs over the (3) Westminster Griffins 70-68 GAME OF THE NIGHT
GULF COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (3) SUNO Knights UPSET the (2) Xavier (LA) Gold Rush 66-65 *** (1) Tougaloo Bulldogs over the (4) Philander Smith Panthers 94-88
HEART OF AMERICA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (1) MNU Pioneers over the (5) Graceland Yellow Jackets 82-75 *** (3) Baker Wildcats UPSET the (2) Evangel Crusaders 73-66
MID-SOUTH CONFERENCE – (1) Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders over the (9) Rio Grande (OH) Red Storm 51-48 *** (5) Cumberlands Patriots UPSET the (4) Pikeville Bears (defending national champs) 68-50 *** (6) Campbellsville Tigers UPSET the (3) St Catharine Patriots 68-48 UPSET OF THE NIGHT *** (2) Georgetown (KY) Tigers over the (7) UVA- Wise Highland Cavaliers 79-71 (OT)
RED RIVER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (2) LSU-Shreveport Pilots (as in riverboat pilots) over the (7) Texas College Steers 75-72 *** (1) Our Lady of the Lake Saints over the (8) Jarvis Christian Bulldogs 108-98 *** (4) SAGU Lions over the (5) St Thomas (TX) Celts 67-60 *** (3) Texas Wesleyan Rams over the (6) Wiley Wildcats 74-59
SOONER ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (1) Oklahoma Baptist University Bison over the (4) Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm 74-70 *** (7) Oklahoma Christian Eagles UPSET the (3) John Brown Golden Eagles 59-56
SOUTHERN STATES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE – (3 West) Belhaven Blazers UPSET the (1 West) Loyola (LA) Wolf Pack 72-63 *** (1 East) Shorter Hawks over the (2 West) Faulkner Eagles 63-50
ASSOCIATION OF CHRISTIAN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (ACCA) NATIONAL TOURNAMENT – (1) Hillsdale Flames over the (4) Multnomah Lions 86-81 *** (3) Rhema Eagles over the (7) Barclay Bears 78-61 *** (8) Arlington Baptist College Patriots over the (10) Calvary Warriors 77-73
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